Unit 1:MAKING WAVESChapter 1:What Makes Waves?The Waves of Matsuyama(Japanese tanka by Saigyo) 2
The Sea Around Us(Excerpts by Rachel Carson) 8
Chapter 2:Ups and DownsEarth Shaker,Wave Maker(a Greek myth) 17
Chapter 3:People Around UsLetter from a Dutch Immigrant,1846 22
An Oral History(by Saverio Rizzo) 23
Could We Ever Forget?(a poem by Ok Kork) 25
My Name is Monique...(excerpt from a personal essay by Monique Rubio) 26
Chapter 4:ReflectionsHow Everything Happens(a poem by May Swenson) 30
At the Beach(a poem by Kemal Ozer) 33
The Education of Berenice Belizaire(from a magazine article by Joe Klein) 35
Song for Smooth Waters(a Native American poem) 37
West Side(a poem by Naomi Shihab Nye) 37
Unit 2:GHOOSING PATHSChapter 1:Making Difficult DecisionsWho's Hu?(a short story by Lensey Namioka) 44
Chapter 2:Career PathsNicholasa Mohr(an autobiographical account) 57
Chapter 3:The Underground RailroadThe Underground Railroad(a magazine article by Robert W.Peterson) 63
The Douglass"Station"of the Underground Railroad(a play by Glennette Tilley Turner) 67
Chapter 4:Life ChoicesThe Road Not Taken(a poem by Robert Frost) 73
Jessica Berg(a poem by Mel Glenn) 75
Footpath(a poem by Stella Ngatho) 78
Harriet Tubman(a poem by Eloise Greenfield) 79
Unit 3:BREAKING DOWN BARRIERSChapter 1:Why Do We Build Barriers?Zoo(a short story by Edward Hoch) 86
Chapter 2:Breaking Through Mental BarriersBreaking Mental Barriers(a magazine article) 93
Chapter 3:Racism-A Barrier Between PeopleA Shameful Chapter(a book excerpt by Barbara Rogasky) 100
In Reponse to Executive Order 9066(a poem by Dwight Okita) 108
Chapter 4:Breaking Down Racial BarriersAiming for Peace(a magazine article by Scott Brodeur) 111
As I Grew Older(a poem by Langston Hughes) 117
Those Who Don't(a poem by Sandra Cisneros) 117
Unit 4:GROSSING BRIDGESChapter 1:Bridge DesignsFar,Far Away She Was Going(excerpt from the Kim Van Kieu) 120
Chapter 2:Facing ChangeThe Old Man at the Bridge(a short story by Ernest Hemingway) 130
Chapter 3:TransitionsI Felt Like a Queen(a memoir by Suzanne Flores) 139
Chapter 4:Life SpansYou've Got a Friend(a song by Carole King) 145
Letter to My Sister Who Lives in a Foreign Land(a poem by Daisy Zamora) 147
Across Ages(a magazine article by Scott Brodeur) 149
Chapter 5:Bridges Across Time and SpaceAugust 2002:Night Meeting(from The Martian Chronicles,by Ray Bradbury) 154
The Eighth Wonder of the World(historical overview) 161
Poetry of Friendship(a poem by José Marti) 161
Vocabulary 176